The International Book Arsenal Festival Program launches the Book Arsenal Fellowship Program, Kyiv, Ukraine and announces the call for applications for the international audience of book professional. Foreign publishers, rights managers, literary agents and other professionals of the book industry interested in cooperation with Ukraine are invited to participate in the competitive selection. The application for participation in the Book Arsenal Fellowship Program, Kyiv, Ukrai

On the 4th of December SUPRR joined forces with the Polish Chamber of Books in co-hosting a two and a half hour webinar for Ukrainian Publishers called Patterns and Practices of Publishing Activities from Inside the EU – Experiences form Poland The meeting brought Ukrainian and Polish publishers together to discuss what changes the Ukrainian publishing sector might want to undertake as it falls in line with EU practices. The topics covered by five representatives of the Polis

Team members of SUPRR, Frances Pinter and Gareth Dyke, presented at the German sponsored International Conference Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine 2023. Frances spoke about the SUPRR initiative. A question asking whether SUPRR could provide advice on new methods of distribution came from the audience. This was something that SUPRR had in mind when considering its internship scheme. Good to hear it confirmed as a need. Sören Auer from the Leibniz Information Centre for S

SUPRR Founder Frances Pinter attended the Lviv Book Forum in early October. This 30-year-old annual event defied all obstacles and ran its varied programmes in five different locations across the city. This year’s theme Writing the Future could not have been more appropriate as the world sinks into more conflict. The main conference was held in the 16th century Powder Tower. Mixing acclaimed Ukrainian writers with world-renowned literary figures, the co-curated programme with

On September 29, Frances Pinter delivered a presentation on the SUPRR Initiative during the meeting convened by EASE Ukraine. She discussed the initiative’s aim to provide crucial support for Ukrainian publishing in the face of challenging circumstances. The ensuing discussion touched upon issues related to academic publishing in the post-Soviet space and during the ongoing war in Ukraine, with a particular focus on the necessity for the Ukrainian editor community to be fully

Chytomo/Читомо features the SUPRR initiative and announces helping hands for Ukrainian publishers.

Publishing Perspectives gave an overview of the SUPRR initiative. The news piece lists supportive partners and announces funding from De Gruyter’s eBound Foundation.

We are happy to announce that our initiative supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery (SUPRR) received grant from De Gruyter Ebound Foundation. The grant will support publishers and help us build projects to strengthen the networks that offer help.

Publishers Weekly mentions the SUPRR project quoting Frances Pinter, executive chair of Central European University Press. “Our overall goal is to see a healthy publishing industry restored to the people of Ukraine.”

“We particularly applaud the goal of greater integration of Ukrainian scholarly publishers into the global scholarly communications ecosystem. We commit to expanded outreach to our Ukrainian university press colleagues through targeted participation in AUPresses programs and resources.” writes the AUPresses Board of Directors.

SUPRR (Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery) is a new initiative meant to galvanise assistance for Ukrainian publishing now and after the war. It is a call to action building a strong transnational community of publishers working together to match needs with resources. https://www.aup.nl/en/imprint/ceu-press